Heat waves

Heat waves

NIDIS: Drought brings the heat: New research finds drought lengthens heat waves

May 15, 2025

By NIDIS Drought and heat often appear together, but new research funded by NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System found...

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: The State of Bay-Delta Science 2025, part 1

Guest Contributor

April 1, 2025

From the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science: The State of Bay–Delta Science: An Introduction to...

NIDIS: New research finds rising heat driving Western droughts

November 9, 2024

Higher temperatures can cause droughts even with normal precipitation Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Shift to La Niña for the coming winter could affect the next water year in the West

Courthouse News Service

Current Conditions

July 23, 2024

West broiling, burning despite drought relief By Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service While California and Nevada remain virtually drought-free, climate...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Heat waves strike rivers too—can prescribed burns and beavers cool streams for salmon?

Ecosystems Science Wildfires and watersheds

November 2, 2023

By Robin Meadows While marine heat waves are well known, a 2022 study was the first to document aquatic temperature...

NEVADA CURRENT: More snow in the mountains may not lead to more water, study finds

January 23, 2023

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Mountains in the southwestern U.S. are welcoming record-breaking snowpacks this year, but new research shows...

PNNL: In the face of drought, hydropower still delivers electricity

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Planning and management

September 21, 2022

Drought-strained hydropower sustains 80 percent average power generation capacity By Elsie Puig-Santana In 2022, a quick internet search for Lake...

NEVADA CURRENT: Latest climate report describes devastating impacts in store for Southwestern U.S.

Climate change Colorado River

March 4, 2022

IPCC warns of continued intense droughts, rising health risks and economic turmoil by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Climate change is...

Survivor Salmon that Withstand Drought and Ocean Warming Provide a Lifeline for California Chinook

Fish and wildlife Science

October 28, 2021

NOAA Fisheries recovery goals include reintroduction to save the late-migrating fish In drought years and when marine heat waves warm...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Survivor salmon that withstand drought and ocean warming provide a lifeline for California Chinook

Delta science Fish and wildlife Science

October 28, 2021

Late migration of outgoing juvenile fish is a crucial life history strategy for survival of spring-run Chinook salmon during drought...